Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 17, for a private event.

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Poetry: Boris Dralyuk

Poet Boris Dralyuk reads from his most recent volume, My Hollywood and Other Poems, a collection of lyric meditations on the experience of émigrés in Los Angeles.

Thu Feb 22 7:30 PM

Still from I’m No Longer Here

I’m No Longer Here

A Cumbia beat fuels this beautifully choreographed feature by director Fernando Frías de la Parra, which ultimately is a melancholic take on emigration.

Fri Feb 23 7:30 PM

gallery exibit: Untitled (TV Stone Tower) by Park Hyunki

Exhibition Tour: Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s.

Sat Feb 24 1:00 PM

Milton Berle poses next to a color telestrator

Preserving Historic Color Videotape: Mr. Television (a.k.a. Milton Berle) and Friends

Join us for the world premiere screening of the preservation of the earliest known entertainment program to survive on color videotape.

Sat Feb 24 7:30 PM

Animated still of a group of dogs

Screenings Kids Music & Performance

Family Flicks: A Dog’s Courage

A ragtag pack of dogs journey to find a place where they can be free in this beautiful South Korean animated feature.

Sun Feb 25 11:00 AM

A woman stands in the foreground and a man in the background, separated by prison bars

Between Remembered and Forgotten: Haunted Women, Distorted Memory

This screening, curated by students from the Association of Moving Image Archivists, explores film representations of haunted women as emblems of memory work.

Sun Feb 25 7:00 PM

An old television set rests in the middle of a stack of large rocks, showing an image of two rocks on screen

Artist-led Walkthrough: Gala Porras-Kim on Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s

Join Gala Porras-Kim for an artist-led walkthrough of Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s.

Tue Feb 27 6:00 PM

Colorful geometric abstract painting

Lunchtime Art Talk on Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

Curator Erin Christovale leads an in-person discussion of Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi's work.

Wed Feb 28 12:30 PM

Members Music & Performance

Frieze Music & Hammer Museum present a live set by Sudan Archives

Members enjoy after-hours access to galleries, craft cocktails, and a live performance by critically acclaimed L.A.-based musician Sudan Archives.

Thu Feb 29 7:30 PM

An elderly woman holds a video camcorder

Grandma Has a Video Camera / Sócrates

The UCLA Film & Television Archive welcomes The Brazilian Filmmakers Collective in conversation with their films over two nights of programs that include short and feature length documentary and narrative work.

Fri Mar 1 7:30 PM